Hair foundation



R. AND G. SCHEANBLUM.

HAIR FOUNDATION.

APPLICATION man MAR, l2. |920.

1,365,548; Patented Jan. 11`, 1921.

ROBERT SCH-EANLUM 4AND GRACE `'SCHEAN'BLUM, OF l DANBURY,CONNC'IIIIC'U'.I'.`

HAIR FOUNDATION.

specieation of Letters Patent. Patented JmL 11,` 1921 Application ledMarch 12, 1920. Seria12No."365,194.

fo all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, ROBERT SCHRAN- BLUu and.GRACE SOHEANBLUM, citizens of the United States of America, residing atDanbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Foundations, ofwhich the following is a speci fication. n

The invention relates to improvements in hair foundations, adapted forproducing a roll effect.

It is an object of the invention to provide a foundation by which anattractive roll may be given the hair toproduce a puff effect, which iscomposed of relatively light material and fashioned to enable a freecirculation of air beneath the hair.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a foundation havinghair supporting members adapted to receive the strands of hairtherebetween and serve to bind. or tie the hair within the foundationwhen the same is rolled to form a puff.

IVith the foregoing conception in mind, the invention primarilycomprises a support or foundation having a pair. of spaced curvedsupports extending above the base of the foundation and 'possessinginherent resiliency, receiving therebetween a roll of hair, and servingto exert a slight pressure thereon to assist in holding the hair withinthe foundation against slipping when the hair is rolled thereon toproduce the puff effect. v

In the accompanying drawings, we have disclosed a single embodiment ofthe invention, but it will be understood that the same is susceptible tomany changes without departing from the spirit of the invention.l

In the drawings, Figure l represents a view of the device as beingapplied to the hair of the user; and Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are detail views.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral ldesignates the base of the support which is disclosed as being of asubstantially rectangular formation, and composed of relatively lightwire which is preferably wrapped with a fabric.

Ifhe base is provided with a continuation 2 forming a transverse support3 which is bowed and extends well above the base entirely thereacross,being connected to the opposits side thereof by twisting the ends 0f thematerial as indicated by the reference y character 5. At the point 2 thewire of the base extends through a loop in the twisted portion 5 andthen outwardly at right angles to form the support 3 which also servesto connect the material forming the base,v

Extending parallel with the support 3 is a second support 4, which isbowed in the same manner as the support 3 and is connected to the sidesof the base by the twisting of the material thereof as indicated by thereference character 6. The two supports 3 and 4 are composed of aresilient material being spaced throughout their length to`v form anopening receiving therebetween the strands of hair as shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawings. The coil of hair 7 in this figure is first passed betweenone side of the base l and up over the curved support 4, thencedownwardly into the space between the sup port 4 and the support 8 andfinally around the opposite side of the base and over the top of theentire support. flien thus passed through the different strands of thebase, the hair is securely clamped or held by the wire elements thereof,and the entire support is then rolled to distribute the hair thereoverand produce a puff effect.

The hair when thus distributed over the base gives the appearance of anabundance of hair, without resorting to switches and the like, and whenthe foundation is finally rolled and placed in position the hair will befirmly held between the wire strands thereof to prevent a slipping ofthe same..

In Fig. 2 we have disclosed a slightly differentway of securing the hairto the form. In this disclosure the hair 7 passes under one side of thebase, over both of the supports 3 and 4, and then down under the otherside of the base to be later returned as shown in Fig. 4. Here theresiliency of the different elements of the base serves to grip or holdthe hair, and the support may be rolled without the liability of thehair becoming disengaged therefrom.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is: v

1. A hair support of the character described comprising a relativelyflat base, and a plurality of curved supporting elements connected withthe ends of the base and extending thereacross, said supporting elements being parallel throughout their length and spaced from the sidesof the base.

2. A hair foundation comprising a base having side and end portions, andhair supe porting elements Consisting,` of spaced parallel membersConnected with the end portions 5 of the base and being disconnectedfrom the side portions thereof throughout their length.

3. A hair foundation of the character described comprising a base ofmetallic mate` `of the base throughout their length.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

Bonner soHEANBLUM. simon soHEANBLUM.

